On a scale of one to ten, how much do you agree with the current college football playoff report? You can choose to avoid that question, but the college football world is currently buzzing over it. Not everyone is agreeing to the committee’s decision on how they ranked these 12 teams. The majority of them are even questioning that teams like Penn State got an easier schedule even after losing the conference championship game to Oregon. Rather, Oregon has a tougher schedule. Well, that’s a subjective thing, and everyone has a different say on it. Meanwhile, college football analyst Joel Klatt suggested changing the whole college football playoff format! Yeah, that’s true.

So, on the latest episode of the Joel Klatt show, he didn’t mince his words, predicting that the 2026 season can bring some major changes to the current system.

“So this format is going to change. They’re the two most powerful people in college football, and this will absolutely change. There’s no doubt. By 2026, this is not going to be 12. It’s likely going to be 14. There are likely going to be four autos for the SEC in the Big 10. There’s likely only going to be two byes for the SEC champion and the Big 10 champion, and there’s likely going to be a receding in the second round, so that we can make sure, make sure, that we’re rewarding the team that had the best regular season. You see, in this playoff, you can even say, well, they should reseed in the second round, which I have on Twitter, and people agree, and I still think that way.”

Since the recent college football playoff rankings came out, not everyone has been pleased with it. Joel Klatt in particular raised some major concerns with the playoff setup. Moving further, he pointed out two prominent people who likely share the same frustrations, who are SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti.

Klatt pointed out that Sankey, being the face of the SEC, must be baffled by the conference landing only three teams, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee. For him, it’s not only about the conference’s strength but the strength of the schedule, which is unmatchable. Petitti’s, on the other hand, raises concern over Oregon’s challenging playoff path even though they are currently a top seed. Klatt criticized the committee for putting Oregon in a spot after a first-round bye. He conveyed the same message in one of his recent X posts as well.

Joel Klatt raised questions over Penn State’s easier schedule than Oregon

While the debate about the playoff rankings is still going on and on, Klatt’s biggest question is the seeding. He wrote, “What a horrendous job this committee did,” he wrote on X. “The team that was penalized the most was Oregon. And the team that was rewarded the most was Penn State. I guess the ducks should have laid down in the 4th. Just atrocious.”

Basically, Klatt raised the issue of how the bracket lines up for the topmost teams. Oregon, the Pac-12 champion and the No. 1 seed, is likely to face either Ohio State or Tennessee in the playoff opener. However, Penn State, a team that got beaten by the Ducks in the conference championship game, has a much easier path. If the Nittany Lions crush SMU in the first round, they’ll square off against Boise State in the quarterfinals, which seems like an easy job for them, especially when compared to what Oregon will face.

The obvious reason for this blunder lies in CFP’s current format that gives the top four seeds to the top-ranked conference champs and grants them first-round byes. But with this advantage, they place them in a similar scenario where Oregon’s road looks much rougher than Penn State’s, even being the top seed.

So Klatt’s suggestions for the future setup reflect the value of a conference championship while keeping the top seed truly reflects team strength. As of now, the Ducks fans are hoping their favorites overcome this patchy road but they can claim Joel Klatt’s suggestion for a change to the current system.